as a general rule. if what we’re calling ‘cultural appropriation’ sounds like nazi ideology (i.e. ‘white people should only do white people things and black people should only do black people things’) with progressive language, we are performing a very very poor application of what ‘cultural appropriation’ means. this is troublingly popular in the blogosphere right now and i think we all need to be more critical of what it is we may be saying or implying, even unintentionally.
The results of study after study point to social media inhibiting attention span and worsening mental illness symptoms, and half the people on this website will hear that and say, “Okay, boomer. Anyways, I haven’t read a book since I was fourteen, and starting a new TV show on Netflix gives me a panic attack.”
But like isn’t that more on how fast we’re used to having things like instant search results and fast wifi rather than social media???
Lmao lower attention span *looks at the multiple multichapter fan fics and I’ve read within one binge read* *looks at the multiple 2 hour drama documentaries I’ve listened to*
It’s not that we can’t read anything longer than a paragraph it’s that I choose not to read long things that don’t interest me
You’re right. Researchers are lying. They’re just trying to hide the truth that stories where Mario has sex with Charizard is inherently more interesting than actual books. It couldn’t possibly be that your attention span is so damaged that you’ll only engage with material that features characters and situations you already know, not to mention the blocks of warnings that tell you absolutely everything that will happen in the story. You got them. It’s a big conspiracy to keep Margaret Atwood in a job. She’s just too old to learn what AO3 is.
There’s no text so fiendish and manipulative that it’s too dangerous to read. Comparing works from opposing viewpoints is a standard scholastic practice. Critical readings and analyses of material one finds objectionable in whole or in part is kind of what academia is, you know? The slickest, most well-written propaganda can be dissected. “Know your enemy”? Anybody? Anybody?
If you find yourself around sentiments like, “Our enemy is too dangerous for you to ‘know.’ You might be contaminated by bad ideas; knowledge is therefore forbidden,” what you should do is leave, and quickly. Getting out is far easier before any border closings start.
"The Farewell" filmmaker would prefer an Asian filmmaker tackle the life story of pianist Lang Lang on the big screen.
It's so frustrating to hear arguments like these from people who claim to be progressive. Lulu Wang is implying that it is impossible for someone who is not Chinese to tell a competent story about a Chinese subject, that a filmmaker should only tell stories about their own nationality or ethnicity. It's a grotesque line of thinking.
Even if Ron Howard doesn't have an intimate knowledge of northeastern Chinese culture, he can certainly learn about it! Read books, make interviews, travel to the area, hire consultants. The subject of the film is an executive producer and fully supports the decision to hire Howard. Does his voice not matter?
Wang goes on to say that she has no interest in directing the film herself, so what was the point of saying that she's also a Chinese-born classically-trained pianist? It would be much more understandable if she just confessed that she's disappointed that she wasn't even considered for the opportunity, since the bulk of her work (which I'm not familiar with) deals with Chinese culture.
And finally she says that Mulan (2020) failed because the director is white. Mulan (1998) was directed by two white men and is considered one of the best animated films of all time. Niki Caro, the director of Mulan (2020), previously directed Whale Rider (2002) a formidable, critically-acclaimed film about a Māori family. Clearly, 2020 Mulan's shortcomings have nothing to do with Caro's ethnicity or an inherent lack of intercultural competency on her part.
For fuck's sake, this argument falls apart instantly when you consider that a straight Taiwanese man directed a beautiful love story about gay cowboys in rural Wyoming! And one about 19th century British gentry! And one about an Indian teenager who befriends a tiger!
There's a legitimate complaint about the lack of opportunity for Asian-American filmmakers in Hollywood buried somewhere underneath all this, but resorting to such a regressive argument to express that is obnoxious. I don't want to work in an industry where my capacity to tell certain stories is defined by my skin tone or where I was born.
I’ve got to tell you all about the hilarious journey this image in having on twitter.
1) First, many mistook it for being a historical romance, which is probably the fault of the wallpaper. I also thought this, but if you look closer he’s wearing a modern shirt and the fabric of her dress is polyester or nylon something.
2) Okay, people said. So this is a contemporary sexy femdom romance then? No. It’s some kind of psychological thriller, which nobody would have been able to tell from that poster.
3) This image is probably supposed to be scary? No one in it looks scared, at all?
4) Everyone promptly decided they didn’t care what the movie was actually about. They started writing inpromptu fanfic scenarios based solely on the poster in twitter. I fully expect the AO3 to have a “Cordelia (movie poster)” tag by the end of next week.
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